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Transformation + Innovation in Metal Materials Engineering

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Transformation + Innovation in Metal Materials Engineering
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Industrial Engineering, Master, regulation 01.04.2022
Module code: WIM22-WPF-T-104
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
2V+2U (4 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
6
Semester: 2
Mandatory course: no
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Oral examination

[updated 25.08.2026]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

WIM22-WPF-T-104 Industrial Engineering, Master, regulation 01.04.2022 , semester 2, optional course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 180 hours (equivalent to 6 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 135 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Arendes
Lecturer:
Dozierende des Studiengangs


[updated 27.03.2026]
Learning outcomes:
•        After successfully completing this module, students will have advanced knowledge of materials and be able to apply this knowledge in technical discussions. This expertise includes, in particular, innovations in materials technology related to climate protection in the primary production of metals.
•        They will be able to describe the steps involved in the extraction of iron and non-ferrous metals, as well as their uses and importance as drivers of technological innovation.
•        Students will be familiar with current developments in materials science within key industries and will be able to analyze and evaluate them from both technical and economic perspectives.


[updated 25.08.2026]
Module content:
•        Processes for the primary extraction of iron and non-ferrous metals: thermochemical principles of pyrometallurgy, electrometallurgy, and hydrometallurgy,  
•        The contribution of primary metal production to the anthropogenic greenhouse effect and fundamental physical and chemical processes. Global warming potential of metals, emission balances of primary metal production,
•        Transformation measures/decarbonization techniques in the steel industry, blast furnace vs. direct reduction plant, decarbonization of the non-ferrous metals industry,
•        Methods of hydrogen production,
•        Innovations related to the hydrogen-based transformation of the Saarland steel industry. Competitive “green steel” and the necessary competitive materials technology in the key sector of heavy plate production, using Dillinger Hütte as an example.


[updated 25.08.2026]
Recommended or required reading:
Metallhüttenkunde
Franz Pawlek, 1983, Verlag de Gruyter, ISBN: 9783110074581
Thermodynamik für Werkstoffwissenschaftler, -Ingenieure und Metallurgen. Eine Einführung,
Frohberg Martin Georg, Verlag: Leipzig, 2009
Ein Ansatz zur Bewertung klimapolitischer Instrumente am Beispiel der Metallerzeugung und -verarbeitung,
Patrick Breun, Dissertationsschrift, Verlag KIT Scientific Publishing


[updated 25.08.2026]
 
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